USS America (CV-66) 1995-96 Cruise Shirt

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USS America (CV-66) 1995-96 Cruise ShirtUSS America's 1995 96 cruise was the last chapter of an extraordinary story. Three decades of service from Vietnam patrols to Desert Storm combat to Adriatic peacekeeping and now, one final Mediterranean deployment before CV 66 came home for good. The sailors who made that final cruise carried the weight of that legacy and the pride of seeing it through to the end. This cruise shirt marks the last voyage of one of the finest ships to ever fly the

USS America's 1995-96 cruise was the last entry in a logbook that stretched from the Gulf of Tonkin to the Persian Gulf to the Adriatic Sea

America's air wing struck enemy supply lines

When North Vietnam launched the massive Easter Offensive on March 30

Named for a WWII beachhead won through sheer determination

the world's attention turned to Lebanon as the Eastern Mediterranean became the most watched stretch of ocean on earth

52 Americans were seized in Tehran

USS America (CV-66) deployed in 1977-1978

When the Arab Spring ignited in early 2011

The Libyan Air Force was watching

and USS Anzio (CG-68) was in the Mediterranean for the campaign that became NATO's Operation Unified Protector

Her crew understood the stakes and met every one of them

they weren't just breaking in a new ship